Suggestion for Laser Engraving

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The J-Tech 3.8W laser kit could do 2D cutting/engraving like that using our PicEngrave Pro 5 to generate the gcode.

4.2W Laser and 2.5amp Safety Compliant Driver Kit - J Tech Photonics, Inc.

We have been doing precision 3D engravings with a 3W & 6W laser diode. 2D engraving would be even easier.

http://forum.darklylabs.com/index.php?p=/discussion/362/3d-engraving-using-picengrave-pro-5

3D Laser Diode Engraving with PicEngrave Pro 5

We have been experimenting with 3D laser Diode engraving here at picengrave dot com. We used PicEngrave Pro 5 to generate the gcode and cut into 1/4" Poplar board. The settings we used is a Pixel Resolution of .006" (step over and step ahead) and a set feedrate to 85IPM. Our Feed Rate Change feature was used to expand the shades to the point it cut into the wood to different depths based on the shading in the image. With the 88% FRC setting we used, the black areas ran at 10.2IPM at full power …